You and your team have been appointed as Junior Rangers of an Australian National Park! Your job is to become experts in ONE National Park (NP) that your group choses to research.
In your groups will have to RESEARCH the following things about your NP:
Location (where is your NP found?)
Fauna (what animals are found in the NP?)
Flora (what plants are found in the national park?)
Environment (Desert? Tropical? Savanna?)
Climate (weather)
Things to see and do (why should people visit the park?)
Aboriginal Connections (What Aboriginal groups use/used the land)
With the information you research you will create a ‘mini-ranger station’ to present on Ranger Day.
You will get more information about your ranger-station SOON! Today your job is to choose a National Park to become experts on!
Mt Kosciusko is the highest mountain in Australia
Many tourists go to the park each winter to ski or snowboard
In summer there are good fishing spots
Hiking
Fan Palm
Bunya Pine
King Fern
Tree Fern
Bull Kauri
Kuku Yalanji people
The rainforest in Australia is very important to the
Aboriginal peoples who live there. They rely on the
rainforest for all aspects of their lives, including food,
shelter, medicine and religion.
Tour of the rain-forest (canopy walk, skyrail)
Tour of the river
NATIONAL PARKS
Welcome JUNIOR RANGERS!
You and your team have been appointed as Junior Rangers of an Australian National Park! Your job is to become experts in ONE National Park (NP) that your group choses to research.
In your groups will have to RESEARCH the following things about your NP:
With the information you research you will create a ‘mini-ranger station’ to present on Ranger Day.
You will get more information about your ranger-station SOON!
Today your job is to choose a National Park to become experts on!
BLUE MOUNTAINS NP
3 Sisters
LOCATION: New South WalesCLIMATE: Cool, moderate
ENVIRONMENT: Bush
CONNECTIONS
& THINGS TO DO
Eastern Rosella
Blue Tongued Lizard
Rainbow Lorikeet
Sugar Glider
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Flannnel Flowers
Euclyptus (Scribbly Gum)
Golden Wattle
Bridal Falls
Victoria Falls
Jenolan Caves
Bushwalking
KAKADU NP
LOCATION: Northern Territory
CLIMATE: Hot and Wet
ENVIRONMENT: Tropical
CONNECTIONS
& THINGS TO DO
Jabiru(bird)
Wallaby
Frilled Neck Lizard
Freshwater Mangroves
Water Lillies
LOTS MORE
Arnhem Land
Aboriginal people still have very strong
connections with Kakadu today.
Twin Falls
Jim Jim Falls
Ubirr Rock
Things to do:
Hiking, camping, 4WD, swimming
**ULURU or KATA TJUTA** National Park
LOCATION: Northern Territory
CLIMATE: Hot, Extreem
ENVIRONMENT: Desert
CONNECTIONS
& THINGS TO DO
Dingoes,
Thorny Devil
Emu
Bilby
Desert Oaks
Ghost Gum
Bottlebrush
Anangu People
Bush Food
Dreamtime Stories
Aboriginal Art
Uluru
**PORT CAMPBELL** National Park
LOCATION: Victoria
CLIMATE: cool, mild
ENVIRONMENT: coastal
CONNECTIONS
& THINGS TO DO
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Kookaburra
Little Penguins
Australian Fur Seal
Weedy Sea Dragon
Clover Glycine
Square Raspwort
Lime Fern
Metallic Sun-Orchid
Banksia
Aboriginal people knew this shore well and had cut
steps down the sheer cliffs to gain access to
marine food sources
Great Ocean Road
Historic Shipwreck
KOSCIUSKO National Park
LOCATION: New South Wales
CLIMATE: Extreme (Cold Winter, Hot Summer)
ENVIRONMENT: Alpine
CONNECTIONS
& THINGS TO DO
Pygmy Possum
Wallaby
Echidna
Playtpus
Common Wombat
Eucalyptus trees
Many tourists go to the park each winter to ski or snowboard
In summer there are good fishing spots
Hiking
CRADLE MOUNTAIN-LAKE ST CLAIR National Park
LOCATION: Tasmania
CLIMATE: Cool
ENVIRONMENT: Temperate Forests
CONNECTIONS
& THINGS TO DO
Black Tiger Snake
Sugar Glider
Brushtail Possum
Tasmanian Tiger (extinct)
Button Grass
Waratah
Pencil Pine
to Lake St. Claire
DAINTREE National Park
LOCATION: Queensland
CLIMATE: Tropical
ENVIRONMENT: Rainforest
CONNECTIONS
& THINGS TO DO
Daintree Green Tree Frog
Kingfisher
Quoll
Tree Kangaroo
Bunya Pine
King Fern
Tree Fern
Bull Kauri
The rainforest in Australia is very important to the
Aboriginal peoples who live there. They rely on the
rainforest for all aspects of their lives, including food,
shelter, medicine and religion.
Tour of the river
GREAT BARRIER REEF Marine Park
LOCATION: Queensland
CLIMATE: Tropical
ENVIRONMENT: Marine
CONNECTIONS
& THINGS TO DO
Dugong
2 Flatback Sea Turtle
Crown of Thorns Starfish
Bottlenose Dolphin
Sea Grass
Algae
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